Chapter 204: The soldiers are not tired of deceit, and the water is a matter of course
He's here to surrender!
Such a situation was unexpected, and the world-famous Lu Bu and the state army would surrender, and they were cowardly before fighting, and they raised troops to surrender in an organized manner, which was very inconsistent with the perception he had heard in the rivers and lakes.
Cao Cao's reaction was surprisingly calm, just waved his hand, Xu Chu naturally understood, and ordered the archers to be ready to go, and for a while, the formation of the army on the river bank changed greatly, tens of thousands of bows and arrows were stretched out and arrows, and when the general gave an order, ten thousand arrows would be fired at once.
Ding Xu and the others were obviously shocked by the changes in Cao Jun's battle formation, hundreds of ships slowed down, Ding Xu was the first to bear it, and said angrily: "We are sincere to come, why do the generals treat each other like this, aren't they afraid of losing the hearts of the world's heroes?" ”
Cao Cao didn't speak, and his own left and right staff generals Xiahou Jie shouted loudly: "Despicable villain, don't think that our general can't see through the tricks of Er, and wants to use bitter tricks to break into our army, and then attack both inside and outside to take my Shouchun." If you dare to despise our army like this, I will let you die in Anfengjin today. ”
Ding Xu was furious when he heard this, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to go back on his word, he was so suspicious that he didn't even want the army sent to the door to surrender, and hurriedly ordered the fleet to stop and turn around.
But everyone has reached the range of bows and arrows, and the fleet is coming along the waves, all relying on the water to move forward, and it is not easy to turn around and go upstream.
For a while, Ding Xu's fleet on the river turned in circles, but the river was fast, no matter how they rowed, the boats and rafts were at most spinning in place, and it was almost impossible to go upstream.
On the contrary, dozens of soldiers were nervous and anxious, and several boats were overturned, so that dozens of soldiers fell into the river, but fortunately, although the number of soldiers and generals here was small, they were all people who had been accustomed to water for a long time, otherwise how could they dare to take such a simple raft to cross this rapid river.
When Xiahou Jie saw the situation in the river, he couldn't help but be even more angry, and scolded: "I also said that you didn't come to deceive and surrender, so easily, you showed your feet." ”
Cao Cao's face was cloudy, and he said to the dog beside him: "Do you see that your father's generals are sincerely obedient to me?" ”
The dog had already been moved by the momentum of the two armies, and couldn't help but say boldly: "I don't think it's true, I have heard that Lu Bu is brave and good at fighting and attacking, and the soldiers and generals in front of his tent are all tigers and wolves, how can there be these soldiers, I think they must have other intentions and want to be unfavorable to the general." ”
Cao Cao looked surprised, this kid not only didn't help his father's army speak, but was still planning for himself, and if he wanted to get out of the way, he tried to please himself, it was a plan to capture the old people, but he had such a city at a young age, which was really terrifying.
The dog was furious by Cao Cao's gaze, and forced a smile: "I can see these subtle tricks, the general is wise and martial, and naturally he has long been aware of the fire, and he is a kid who has a lot of heart." ”
Cao Cao had already made up his mind here, no matter whether Ding Xu came to surrender sincerely or not, he was not ready to accept it, thousands of troops did not help him much, nor would it pose a fatal threat to Lu Bu's army, but there was still the possibility of fraudulent surrender, he only had tens of thousands of soldiers in his hands, and he was no longer as rich as he was back then, and he did not dare to gamble on the success or failure of everyone's life and death, and took this risk for this worthless harvest.
At the moment, he will order the crossbowmen to fire ten thousand arrows at once, and shoot Ding Xu and others, who are playing with boats in the river and hesitating, in the Huai River, which will not fall into the enemy's bitter tricks and lure the wolf into the house, but also cut off Lu Bu's only water power, so that the 100,000 Bingzhou army can only look at the river and sigh, and cannot set foot on the south bank of the Huai River for half a step, and Shouchun can sit back and relax.
Before Cao Cao could give orders, he suddenly heard the melodious horn on the other side of the river, and the sound of horses stepping on the earth was like spring thunder rolling in, and where heaven and earth met in the distance, the dust and mist were like exploding rolling rivers, turning everything he passed into a loess filled void, and thousands of soldiers and horses were hiding in it, and it was really difficult to estimate the exact number.
The current general, the white horse silver gun, is none other than Lu Bu's confidant general Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun stretched out his gun, stood up on the bank of the river, looked at the thousands of sailors still in the middle of the river, and shouted: "Ding Xu is leaving, the prince treats you well, how can you take revenge!" ”
Ding Xu seemed to have known that there would be pursuers coming, so he turned around calmly and said: "Zilong saw it with his own eyes, then Lu Bu can't tolerate me, if it weren't for the generals to intercede for me, I would have died under the killing rod today, what kind of kindness do I have with him." ”
Zhao Yun rode his war horse around in place, and hurriedly persuaded: "General, don't be obsessed with making mistakes again and again, everyone knows that Cao Cao is at the end of his rope, isn't it digging your own grave to defect to Cao Cao at this time?" ”
Cao Cao, who was watching the excitement on the riverbank, was looking at a good show in front of him, he just wanted to quietly watch the performances of these Lu Bu's generals, it seemed that it was not just a bitter meat trick, these people added drama to themselves for no reason, if it wasn't for the snake painting, there might be something else in it.
It's just that I didn't expect these people to be able to bite indiscriminately to be able to pull on themselves, what is Cao Cao at the end of his rope, why do you say that taking refuge in Cao Cao is digging your own grave! I Cao Cao still has Yangzhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou three major support places, Yanzhou's Dongjun is still in the middle of the defense, the princes of the world can be compared with Cao Cao, who else is there besides Lu Bu?
Cao Cao was certainly annoyed that Zhao Yun was angry with his wild words, but he didn't want to surrender his identity and refute it, so he had to snort coldly, flick his sleeves away, and no longer look at the situation on the riverbank. When he turned around, he saw that the dog was already lying on the table, and he was asleep, and he didn't seem interested in watching this good show directed and acted by Lu Bu.
Cao Cao stood up and slapped the table, and the dog suddenly jumped up, but was held down by Cao Cao's guards, unable to move, and could only panic: "The villain may have been hungry for a long time, and his physical strength is exhausted for a while, please forgive the general." ”
And the generals on standby behind Cao Cao were also disturbed by such movements, thinking that Cao Cao's order was about to attack the Fraudulent Rain Army, each holding the hilt of the sword, as long as Cao Cao gave an order, tens of thousands of troops would form a rain of arrows covering Ding Xu and others in the river.
Who knew that Cao Cao's face suddenly turned pale, and said: "Serve wine and dry food, don't let Lu Gongzi be hungry." ”
From time to time, a guard offered a plate of dried beef and two pots of wine, and Cao Cao asked the dog, "Maybe you drink alcohol?" ”
The dog patted his chest and said: "The villain has no other skills, but he is not drunk with a thousand cups, and he can defeat the invincible opponent in the world, and no one can match me." ”
Cao Cao saw that he was gobbling up, and he really didn't have the demeanor that a noble son should have, so he couldn't help but sigh: "The tiger falls into the dog room, and the tail has been waging for more than ten years, how can you call it a tiger?" ”
Dog Yan didn't know that Cao Cao's words implied something, naturally he was ridiculing him as a tiger father and a dog, and he was not worthy of the surname Lu Men, but Gou Er had figured out a set of his own survival rules since he was a child.
At the moment, I just didn't hear it, holding a wine jug in one hand, beef in the other, a mouthful of meat and a mouthful of wine, and I was very happy to eat.
Cao Cao couldn't help but show disdain, looking at the sweetness of the dog's food, he was a little hungry, but he held his own identity, how could he be as unorthodox as a dog.
At this time, a loud shout drew Cao Cao's attention back to the riverbank.
This voice had appeared in Cao Cao's dreams countless times, almost haunting him, and even far better than his beautiful beloved sons, when he had countless episodes of illness and couldn't extricate himself, he would always mention this name through gritted teeth, Lu Bu!
On the north bank of the Huai River, Lu Bu didn't know when he came to Zhao Yun's side, his fiery red armor was particularly eye-catching, holding a halberd in his hand, and he was immediately horizontally sworded, enjoying the reverent gaze of tens of thousands of soldiers behind him.
As soon as Cao Cao saw Lu Bu coming, he smiled and said: "The show has finally begun, I want to see how he invites me into the urn with this bitter plan." ”
A group of soldiers and strategists are naturally confident, now the army is stationed on the riverbank, and there are more warships in front of them to block the river, although Lu Bu has a large army of 100,000, how can he fly across the Taotao River, his so-called warships are also trapped in the river, just one order, they will all hide at the bottom of the river to feed the fish.
I heard Lu Bu say loudly: "Ding Xu, I order you to turn back immediately, otherwise you and I will lose our past feelings." ”
Ding Xu's voice came from the river: "The relationship between you and me has long been severed, so why say more, even if General Cao doesn't accept me today, I will never fight against you again." ”
Lu Bu said fiercely: "In this case, don't blame me for being ruthless, where are the crossbowmen, shoot these rebels for me." ”
The crossbowmen had already prepared, and when Lu Bu gave an order, countless bows and arrows were shot at the center of the river.
Ding Xu and the others only used a raft to accommodate themselves, there was no room to dodge at all, under the rain of countless arrows, there were countless people who fell into the water with arrows, only one round of arrow rain, and less than half of Ding Xu's 8,000 sailors remained.
Zhao Yun couldn't bear it, and hurriedly persuaded: "The prince's subordinates are merciful, Ding Xu's rebellion is certainly damned, but he is just impulsive, and there may not be no room for turnaround, please give him another chance, I am willing to persuade Ding Xu again, if he is still obsessed, it is not too late for the prince to kill him again." ”
Lu Bu nodded with a blank face, and ordered the army to suspend the release of arrows.
Zhao Yun was overjoyed, and hurriedly shouted to Ding Xu, who was embarrassed by the rain of arrows in the river: "General, the prime minister promised to give you another chance, your going to Cao Ying, it will not be of much help to Cao Cao, and he may not be accepted by him, why not stop the precipice, don't make mistakes again and again." ”
Ding Xu barely stabilized the ship's momentum and said coldly: "I'd rather die standing than kneel and live, Zilong doesn't need to say much." ”
He said loudly to the remaining generals beside him: "Ding Xu is grateful to you for not giving up, but today is over, Cao Cao can't tolerate me, and Lu Bu won't let me live, you can find a way out." ”
The generals shouted together, "We will follow the general to the death." ”
At this time, a voice sounded: "Who said I can't tolerate you, the ship array team, escort General Ding Xu into the camp." ”
The person who spoke was Cao Cao, Cao Cao has been watching coldly, always jealous of Ding Xu's surrender, thinking about what kind of person Ding Xu is, since he was a teenager, he has followed in front of Lu Bu's tent, how many times he has been born and died, even if he is a stranger who does not like each other, how many times he has fought together in blood, he will be able to become a brother of life and death, Cao Cao has been in the military for many years, how can he not know the truth, it is okay to say that others are in the battle to rebel, and it is okay to say that Ding Xu, who was born as Lu Bu's personal guard, betrayed the enemy, Cao Cao must not believe it.
But now the facts are in front of him, Lu Bu shot ruthlessly, killed thousands of elite sailors at the first order, and hundreds of warships were destroyed in the water, all of which were seen by Cao Cao, so he couldn't believe it, how could there be people in this world who were willing to lure the enemy with death, even if there were, it was only a few, thousands of people were willing to sacrifice their lives and forget about death, but they were just deceitful, how unconvincing is this.
Lu Bu was so violent and unkind, Cao Cao wanted to do the opposite, and at the moment he was full of righteousness and awe-inspiring, and ordered the army to cover Ding Xu's retreat into the camp on the riverbank.
Ding Xu was overjoyed, and urgently ordered the remaining soldiers to row a small boat down the river and go straight into the cover of Cao's warships.
Seeing the sudden change in the situation of the river, Lu Bu urgently ordered the crossbowmen to release their arrows, and never let Ding Xu escape into the camp of the Cao army.
However, Cao Cao's naval warship had already prepared, and quickly slid behind Ding Xu and others, and blocked all the crossbow arrows shot from the river bank with its tall and sturdy hull, perhaps because the distance was too far, the crossbow arrows could not hurt the warship in the slightest, and they fell into the water one after another.
Cao Cao was open for a while, and saw that the remaining thousands of Ding Xu's generals climbed onto the river bank one after another, their whole bodies soaked by the river water, and from a distance they looked like puffer fish climbing onto the river bank one by one, competing to remove their clothes and armor soaked by the river water.
Cao Cao couldn't help but smile and said to the dog: "Look, I beat your father again." ”
The dog has long been freed from the excitement of seeing his father for the first time, for him, his father is just a stranger, and it is just a blood relationship that can make his heart throb, looking at Lu Bu who is showing off his martial arts in the distance, the dog has no trace of affection at all, he just feels that he is like a clown, he is incompetent, and he is just a clown who uses the lives of the three armies as bait, which is no different from the dog officials and thieves he has seen.
Hearing Cao Cao's question, the dog only reluctantly smiled, looking at the clear green river flowing eastward, the dog finally felt that something was wrong, and couldn't help but say: "Huh? Wrong! ”
Cao Cao got carried away, neither he nor the generals saw anything wrong, just relying on him as a shallow child, what kind of high opinion could he have, just asked with a perfunctory smile: "What's wrong?" ”
"It is said that Lu Bu ordered to shoot thousands of soldiers, at this moment there should be countless dead bodies floating in the river, thousands of people fell into the water with arrows, which is enough to dye the water in this area red, but the general, you see, not only is there not half a corpse in the river, there is not even a trace of blood, you look at Ding Xu and the others who climbed onto the shore, they are all intact, they just have the ability to reach the sky, how can they be unscathed in the chaotic arrows, isn't this suspicious?"
The dog sat in front of the long table, with a short posture, talking loudly, which seemed funny, but every sentence was like a knife and axe.
Cao Cao recalled the situation just now, how could it be that as the dog said, Lu Bu's army seemed to have thousands of people in the water, but until this time, not a single corpse surfaced, and he was puzzled for a while.
"It's not good, Lu Bu is cheating, using headless arrows." Xun Yu exclaimed loudly, and the generals couldn't change color when they heard it.
Cao Cao calmed down instead, and said sharply: "What can you do with fraud, just these thousands of people want to break my tens of thousands of troops, isn't it a fool's dream." ”
At that moment, he ordered the warships to closely monitor the movement of the river along the river, and not to let Lu Bu take the opportunity to cross the river, and ordered the generals Xu Chu and Xiahoudun to each order an army of 10,000 to attack Ding Xu's troops who had surrendered by fraud.
As soon as Ding Xu landed ashore, he ordered the soldiers to quickly remove the water-soaked armor on their bodies, he knew that with the knowledge of Cao Cao and others, sooner or later they would find that the situation was not good, and the clothes and armor were soaked in water, which greatly affected the actions of the soldiers.
Fang took off the armor on his body, and Ding Xu only felt that a fierce crisis was in front of him, which was a skill he had cultivated with Lu Bu countless times of birth and death, and he could feel the approach of the crisis with his only senses, so as to escape from death countless times.
"It's not good, the matter has been revealed, where is the pioneer battalion?"
"Go forward, there is no life or death!"
Everyone had already experienced countless battles together, and there was no need for Ding Xu to give more orders, thousands of people were shirtless, only carrying short swords and round shields, and under a majestic oath, they went to Cao Cao's Chinese army tent.
Xu Chu and Xiahoudun had already led the troops to standby, and when they saw thousands of shirtless men rushing towards the battle formation of the army, Xiahoudun sneered: "Looking for death." ”
With a wave of his hand, ten thousand arrows were fired in unison, and the rain of arrows covered almost the entire riverbank.
Ding Xu has been a pioneer for many years, so he naturally has his countermeasure, and then changed the formation, a group of three, changed horizontally to vertical, and the three of them each raised a round shield to protect the left and right of their heads, and the battle formation became a meandering and wandering posture, which not only reduced the area of receiving arrows, but also made everyone use their round shields to each other, and even blocked the overwhelming rain of arrows from seven or eight out of ten.
Xu Chu saw that the bow and arrow did not cause much damage to the enemy, but instead let this worm battle formation approach quickly, and immediately led the cavalry to kill from the flank, wanting to cut off this strange formation.
Seeing the opportunity, Xiahoudun did not fall behind, and led the cavalry from the other side to kill, forming an encirclement of Ding Xu's battle array.
Ding Xu immediately made a decision and shouted: "Broken tail!" ”
The meandering battle formation that was originally meandering forward suddenly changed again, its tail was divided into two, accelerating to both sides, just blocking the way of Xiahoudun and Xu Chu's two teams of cavalry, and protecting themselves on the ground with a round shield, like two short barriers, the war horses had already been trained, and when they encountered a low barrier, they would all instinctively jump over.
The vanguard battalion soldiers hiding under the round shield will take the opportunity to cut off the horse's legs, and the soldiers will do the same, although countless people died under the horse's hooves, but it also made the cavalry of Xiahoudun and Xu Chu who charged to them suffer heavy losses, and fell into a chaos.
As the leader of the Worm Battle Array, after breaking the tail to block the enemy, he did not hesitate at all, and rushed wildly, straight into the Cao Army's bow and crossbow battle array, like slaughtering chickens and dogs, passing through Artemisia Qiang, and rushing towards Cao Cao's Chinese army headquarters.
At this moment, almost all of the 20,000 guards left by Cao Cao to guard were sent by him to besiege Ding Xu, and the tens of thousands of bows and crossbows guarding the river bank were far away from quenching their thirst.
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